Brian Bosma: State needs financial stability

7:14 PM,
Mar. 15, 2013

Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, is shown after adjournment on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, after Democrats stayed away so discussion on the so-called 'Right To Work' bill could not proceed. Bosma said 'we all feel blindsided,' saying they had the word of Minority Leader Rep. B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, 'that they were going to be here to do the People's business.' Bosma said the House would immediately institute fines Wednesday morning against any unexcused absent Democrats. Charlie Nye / The Star.

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Hoosiers have the unique luxury of being the fiscal envy of the nation due to the sound fiscal policies of the last eight years. Rather than discussing which taxes to increase as they are in Kansas and other states, policymakers are having a dialogue on which tax to cut. While other states weathered the recession storm of the past four years with tax hikes and deep cuts in education and other essential services, Indiana kept a steady hand on the wheel. With our "cut rather than tax increase" philosophy and by maintaining prudent reserves, unlike other states, we actually increased our bond ...